If a man migrates to the Kingdom seeking a livelihood, and then Hajj comes, is it permissible for him to perform Hajj, and does the hadith apply to him?
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The questioner : The first question says: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Abi Dawud 2201Sahih (Al-Albani) And I migrated to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seeking a livelihood, and now I have completed a period of one year here. Is it valid for me to perform Hajj, or am I among those to whom this hadith applies? If not, then what is its meaning?
The Shaykh : The meaning of the hadithSahih al-Bukhari 2529 is that the Muslim migrant, who is the one who left the land of disbelief for the land of Islam, is not free from one of two states: either his purpose is to establish his religion in the manner that pleases Allah and His Messenger, in which case he is a migrant to Allah and His Messenger, and he has what he intended; or he is a migrant for worldly matters, such as a woman he will marry, a house he will inhabit, wealth he will acquire, or the like, in which case his migration is to that to which he migrated. As for you, you did not perform the legal migration intended by this hadith.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because you came from an Islamic country to an Islamic country, and the most that can be said is that you traveled to seek a livelihood. Traveling to seek a livelihood is not called migration. Allah Blessed and Exalted is He said:[Al-Muzzammil 73:20] So you are of the second category in this verse, those who travel through the earth seeking from the bounty of Allah. Accordingly, you owe nothing regarding what you earned, and it is permissible for you to perform Hajj with it, to give charity from it, to build mosques with it, and to buy useful books with it to benefit the Muslims with. Yes.
Actions are to be judged only by intentions and a man will have only what he intended. When one’s emigration is to Allaah and His Apostle, his emigration is to Allaah and His Apostle but his emigration is to a worldly end at which he aims or to a woman whom he marries , his emigration is to that for which he emigrated.
إنما الأعمال بالنيات وإنما لكل امرئ ما نوى فمن كانت هجرته إلى الله ورسوله فهجرته إلى الله ورسوله ومن كانت هجرته لدنيا يصيبها أو امرأة ينكحها فهجرته إلى ما هاجر إليهThe Shaykh : The meaning of the hadith
So, whoever migrated for Allah and His Apostle, then his migration will be for Allah and His Apostle, and whoever migrated for worldly benefits or for marrying a woman, then his migration will be for what he migrated for.
من كانت هجرته إلى الله ورسوله فهجرته إلى الله ورسوله ومن كانت هجرته لدنيا يُصيبها أو امرأة يتزوجها فهجرته إلى ما هاجر إليهThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because you came from an Islamic country to an Islamic country, and the most that can be said is that you traveled to seek a livelihood. Traveling to seek a livelihood is not called migration. Allah Blessed and Exalted is He said: